Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1911 — Mistake Snake for Whip. [ARTICLE]

Mistake Snake for Whip.

Hartford, Conn.—George Desdy. a farm hand living' In Wilsonville. hag a hot time the other day and he fainted dead away from fright Deady picked up what be thought was the tip of a horse whip in the grass beside the road, only to find that the horse whip was alive. It proved to be a black snake. It wound around Deady’s arm and poked its head In Deady’s face and grinned at him. Deady let out a yell that could be beardall over Wilson ville and ran to Henry Pearl and implored him to pull the snake off his arm. Pearl refused to meddle, saying he was no snake charmer, whereupon Deady fainted la the road. Pearl says the snake then uncoiled and wriggled off Into the bushes. It was about five feet long.